Reviews for Outside Shooter

The average rating for Outside Shooter based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-03-07 00:00:00 Linda Clark Outside Shooter, by Thomas J. Dygrad is a book about a high picked player in the NBA draft, but he chooses to pick coaching his high school basketball team, his name was Deke Warden. Last season the team was horrible and the previous coach got fired for kicking off a boy named Bobby Haggard. Bobby was a fan favorite and for good reason. He was a very, very talented guard, but he had a lot of problems with school and the law. Now Deke is hired and wants to get Bobby to join, he has a decent team already with good role players but one really good center named Benjy. After Deke gets Bobby to join he finds out Bobby is disliked by teammates for his antics. He ends up working it out and beats the undefeated team to become the best team in his state The author always found ways to keep readers intrigued. He kept giving options all with solid evidence, one example is when Bobby gets suspended and Deke doesn't know if he wants to join the Bulldogs or leave forever, he showed both by showing the thoughts of Deke and he got worried about Bobby leaving. He also creates suspense when a path in the story can split on to either side, he makes evidence for each and then does something dramatic then fixes it. I loved this book and if you have an interest in basketball, or even more so the life of a coach you would love this book like me. It puts you in the shoes of a coach that is on a team with chemistry issues. The book was easy to read (but if you don't understand basketball terms it would not be). The book is very realistic and unconfusing. A connection I made was Bobby to Jimmy Butler, they both caused chemistry issues. The book was unpredictable in a good way, it gave options but with me, the one I picked was usually wrong and I believe that was intended to be like that. The ending had me on my toes, it was an option between a Bulldogs victory or a loss to show they weren't good enough. The style of writing was calm but suspensful by trying to confuse you into picking the wrong outcome. The ending is a example of that.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-05-26 00:00:00 James Kalter The book I am reading is called Outside Shooter. The book is by Thomas J. Dygard. The book is about Deke Warden and Bobby Hagards relationship in basketball. The first day that Deke Warden stepped foot onto the bloomfield basketball court he heard about Bobby Haggard, the star. Deke was jealous of Bobby, Deke wanted to be the best, as he was at his last highschool. Deke was so jealous that he wanted to 1v1 Bobby. Bobby was a cocky basketball player. And deke was a confident basketball player who hated cocky people. I recommend this book to people that are interested in basketball and a little bit of drama because that's what the book is about. The book could be a little confusing but very easy to read.